Recent Advances and Issues in the Geological Sciences

List of contents

Preface
Geoscience Today
The Marriage of Geology and Biology
Technology and Geology
Biographical Sketches
Social Issues and Geology
Documents and Reports
Statistics and Data
Careers in Geoscience
Organizations and Associations
Print and Non-Print Resources
Glossary

About the author

BARBARA RANSOM is an internationally known geoscientist with a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and who now works at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the Geosciences Research Division. She also works for the California Space Institute. In addition to her scientific pursuits, Dr. Ransom is an author of books for the general public on Earth Science, an associate editor of the international journal Marine Geology, and acts as a science consultant on books about the earth and its oceans.

SONYA WAINWRIGHT is a freelance writer with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science from the University of California at San Diego. She is the author of books for the general public on oceans, was Editor for the Journal of the Environment and Development, and served as Editor at Academic Press for international journals. She presently lives and writes in San Diego.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Leigh Ransom, Ransom Barbara, Sonya Wainwright, Wainwright Sonya
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2001
• EAN: 9781573563567
• ISBN: 978-1-57356-356-7
• Series: Frontiers of Science Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Science, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere